trip up

phrasal verb

tripped up; tripping up; trips up

: to cause (someone) to make a mistake

He tried to trip up the cashier as she counted his change.

Examples of trip up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Though exploring genres could be an exhausting journey and could be tripped up easily, WONHO put immense thought into deciding how the tracklist flowed for the right sound and vibe. —Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 26 Nov. 2025

Google’s newest multi-purpose model, Gemini 3, won immediate praise for its capabilities in reasoning and coding, as well as niche tasks that have tripped up AI chatbots. —Mark Bergen, Fortune, 25 Nov. 2025

The same issue of a preexisting condition also tripped up Nath, the cafeteria worker from Wyoming, but in a different way. —Peter Whoriskey The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 16 Nov. 2025

Late in the fourth quarter with the Eagles leading 10-7, Barkley took a handoff and flew through a gap in the defensive line before getting tripped up by Parsons, who whipped his leg out in an effort to keep the star running back from breaking off a long run. —Andrew McCarty, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Nov. 2025

Rhymes for trip up

• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup
• markup